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This anthology of poetry is rich with emotion, vibrant with diversity and strong with sentiment. The poems tell stories everyone should read, to gain insights into the minds, hearts and souls of our warriors who have defended our great country, Australia. The editors, Warrant Officer Paul Barrett and Kerry B Collison have been most successful in setting out these captivating tales in a well-blended mix of irony, humour and the horror of war, allowing...
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This delightful compilation of poems by the South Australian Ginninderra Poets serves to continue the acknowledged presence of poetry as an identified and treasured element of family life at The Cedars. The works selected, along with Kevin Stead's drawings, capture the unique spirit of this very special place.
Allan Campbell, Curator of The Cedars
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First Refuge is a collection of poems marking the twentieth birthday of Ginninderra Press as an independent Australian publisher. In 2006, to celebrate Ginninderra Press's tenth birthday, fifty poems were, selected by Michael Byrne and published in the collection entitled, On Common Water. As well as, more recent voices, many of the poets represented in that book are, included here in First Refuge. Although the poems in First Refuge focus on the single...
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Martin Harrison Australian poetry from a 21st century perspective, with a selection from a wide range of living poets as well as familiar voices from the past. There is an emphasis on social observation and personal experience of Australia's changing history that gives new context to poetry by previous generations from Wright and Hope through Lawson and Paterson to Harpur, Kendall and the poets of early settlement. - Susan Lever Two centuries of poetic...
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A childless couple finds an abandoned baby on the beach. A father is prosecuted by his small-town community. Two men on the coast share an unspoken love. A young woman has a threatening first date. A writer is terrorised by the ghosts of his fiction. City folk visit a room for crying. New Australian Fiction features brilliant writers with distinct experiences, voices and styles from all corners of Australia. Together they showcase the strength and...
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It's often this editing process that makes all the difference between a good piece of work and a great one. The thirty pieces or shortlisted work that made it into the anthology, really came down to the elements of good writing working: powerful imagery, strong rhythms, original concepts, and something hard to pin down - a kind of beauty combined with honesty that kept us thinking about the work. These pieces were generally the more ambitious stories...
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The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countries. They are personal accounts that share knowledge, insight and emotion, each speaking of a deep connection to country and of feeling heartsick because of the harm that is being inflicted on country even today, through the logging of old growth forests, converting millions of acres of land to salt fields, destruction of ancient rock art and significant Aboriginal...
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